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UK monitor names no attacker for three ships hit in Hormuz; the Revolutionary Guard says it clashes there 'every 24 hours'

A British maritime monitor says an oil tanker, a cargo ship and a gas carrier were hit by "unspecified projectiles". In the same article, Iran's Revolutionary Guard says its forces target small vessels in the strait. No report links the two.

هيئة بحرية بريطانية: إصابة ثلاث سفن بمقذوفات "غير محددة" في مضيق هرمز الثلاثاء
هيئة بحرية بريطانية: إصابة ثلاث سفن بمقذوفات "غير محددة" في مضيق هرمز الثلاثاء as published by LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) · seen at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Levant & Iran Iran Iraq United States

Three ships, no attacker. The UK Maritime Trade Operations centre (UKMTO) says an oil tanker, a cargo ship and a liquefied gas carrier were hit by "unspecified projectiles" crossing the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday. It got the report late, gave no details and named no one, An-Nahar says. LBCI carries the same notice: one account, told twice.

The Guard's claim. In the same An-Nahar article, the Revolutionary Guard says Iran is "still in a state of war". It says the strait sees clashes "every 24 hours" and Iranian forces target small vessels trying to cross, "while Washington does not respond". No report we hold ties this to the three ships.

Two other readings. Al Jazeera English says crude flows through Hormuz "have recovered", naming no source, but insurance costs and risk still block normal traffic. Shargh reports Iraq's parliament speaker saying Iran did not exempt Iraqi ships from its shipping ban.

Who Says Names who fired?
UKMTO, via An-Nahar and LBCI 3 ships hit No
Revolutionary Guard, via An-Nahar clashes every 24 hours Its own forces; no ship named
Al Jazeera English crude flows recovered Does not mention the strikes
Iraq's speaker, via Shargh Iraqi ships not exempted —

What is not settled - Who fired on the three ships, and whether anyone aboard was hurt. - Whether the Guard's daily clashes include these ships. - How much traffic is moving, when Iraq says the ban still covers its ships. - We hold no account from Washington, Oman or the shipowners.

This story is about merchant ships being hit in the Strait of Hormuz, and who is firing.

The strait. Hormuz is the narrow sea passage between Iran and Oman, the Gulf's only route to the open ocean. Oil and gas from Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, the UAE and Iran leave through it. When traffic there slows, energy prices move worldwide.

How it got here. Iran and Israel have been escalating since the war in Gaza that followed the Hamas-led attacks of 7 October 2023. In June 2025 Israel and Iran fought a direct war, and the United States bombed Iranian nuclear sites. Iran and the United States are now at war. An-Nahar reports the Revolutionary Guard saying Iran is "still in a state of war", and President Donald Trump saying the war will end soon. Shargh reports that Iran has banned shipping through the strait.

The talks. Last week, at the UN General Assembly, Iran proposed a seven-day countdown to reopen the strait and end the war, An-Nahar reports. Trump rejected the plan on Saturday. Qatar carries messages between the two sides, and Iran says Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has received a US reply.

The actors. - The Revolutionary Guard is a branch of Iran's armed forces, set up after the 1979 revolution. It has its own navy in the Gulf. - UKMTO is a British Royal Navy centre. Merchant ships report incidents to it, and it warns other ships. - Iraq ships most of its oil from Gulf ports near Basra, so its tankers must cross Hormuz. Baghdad has close ties to both Tehran and Washington. - The United States is fighting Iran and says Iran must not get a nuclear weapon.

What is at stake. While ships are being hit, insurance stays costly and traffic stays below normal, Al Jazeera English says. A deal to reopen the strait would ease that.

Where it stands. No one has been named as firing on Tuesday's three ships. Tehran has the US reply.

The story so far

Earlier stories The AI Times filed on this thread.

What is being argued about

  • Who fired on three ships in the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday
  • The Revolutionary Guard's claim of clashes every 24 hours
  • Whether crude flows through the strait have recovered
  • Iraq's complaint that its ships are not exempt from Iran's ban
Four reports, and who each names as firingSide by side
OutletWhat it carriesNames who fired?
An-NaharUKMTO: 3 ships hit by unspecified projectiles. The Guard: clashes every 24 hoursThe Guard names its own forces; UKMTO names no one
LBCIUKMTO: 3 ships hit by "unspecified" projectilesNo
Al Jazeera EnglishCrude flows through Hormuz have recoveredDoes not mention the strikes
SharghIraq's speaker: Iraqi ships not exempted from Iran's banDoes not mention the strikes
LBCI and An-Nahar carry the same UKMTO notice. We hold only LBCI's opening line.
Sources An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent إيران: ما زلنا في حالة حرب... ومواجهات متواصلة في هرمز Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent هيئة بحرية بريطانية: إصابة ثلاث سفن بمقذوفات "غير محددة" في مضيق هرمز الثلاثاء Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al Jazeera English
Centre estimate · not a score
Al Jazeera English 🇶🇦QA · TV/radio · state-funded international ‘Economic war’: Is Iran losing its leverage over the Strait of Hormuz? Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al Jazeera English → What we have measured Accusation attributed Cuba's charge is attributed to its foreign minister, not stated as fact ×1Actor named The headline names Israel as the actor and gives a count of three that includes a child. ×1Agency No actor is named for the detentions. The raids, not the soldiers, 'left' the town in lockdown ×1Agency Names Israel as the actor in the headline, in active voice ×1 from 4959 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent رئیس پارلمان عراق: ایران کشتی‌های عراقی را از ممنوعیت کشتیرانی در تنگه هرمز مستثنی نکرد/ حاکمیت و تمامیت ارضی عراق قابل معامله نیست Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
From the strikes to the reportsTimeline
  1. Tue 29 Sep— no time published Three ships an oil tanker, a cargo ship and an LNG carrier are hit crossing the strait 3 ships
  2. Wed 30 Sep12:05 published time, UTC Al Jazeera English says crude flows through Hormuz have recovered
  3. Wed 30 Sep13:01 published time, UTC LBCI carries UKMTO: 3 ships hit by "unspecified" projectiles
  4. Wed 30 Sep13:12 published time, UTC An-Nahar carries UKMTO and the Guard's claim of clashes every 24 hours
  5. Wed 30 Sep13:54 published time, UTC Shargh Iraq's speaker says Iraqi ships were not exempted from Iran's ban
UKMTO says the report of the strikes reached it late. No report gives the hour of the strikes.
Sources An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent إيران: ما زلنا في حالة حرب... ومواجهات متواصلة في هرمز Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent هيئة بحرية بريطانية: إصابة ثلاث سفن بمقذوفات "غير محددة" في مضيق هرمز الثلاثاء Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al Jazeera English
Centre estimate · not a score
Al Jazeera English 🇶🇦QA · TV/radio · state-funded international ‘Economic war’: Is Iran losing its leverage over the Strait of Hormuz? Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al Jazeera English → What we have measured Accusation attributed Cuba's charge is attributed to its foreign minister, not stated as fact ×1Actor named The headline names Israel as the actor and gives a count of three that includes a child. ×1Agency No actor is named for the detentions. The raids, not the soldiers, 'left' the town in lockdown ×1Agency Names Israel as the actor in the headline, in active voice ×1 from 4959 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent رئیس پارلمان عراق: ایران کشتی‌های عراقی را از ممنوعیت کشتیرانی در تنگه هرمز مستثنی نکرد/ حاکمیت و تمامیت ارضی عراق قابل معامله نیست Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
The bias in this coverageBias

Three ships hit, no attacker named

The two reports carrying the strikes say three ships were hit without saying who fired. The same article quotes the Revolutionary Guard saying Iranian forces target ships in the strait daily. It does not link the claim to the three ships, and no report does.

2 reports carrying the three ship strikes 0 reports naming who fired 1 reports quoting the Guard's daily-clash claim
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
Sources An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent إيران: ما زلنا في حالة حرب... ومواجهات متواصلة في هرمز Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent هيئة بحرية بريطانية: إصابة ثلاث سفن بمقذوفات "غير محددة" في مضيق هرمز الثلاثاء Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al Jazeera English
Centre estimate · not a score
Al Jazeera English 🇶🇦QA · TV/radio · state-funded international ‘Economic war’: Is Iran losing its leverage over the Strait of Hormuz? Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al Jazeera English → What we have measured Accusation attributed Cuba's charge is attributed to its foreign minister, not stated as fact ×1Actor named The headline names Israel as the actor and gives a count of three that includes a child. ×1Agency No actor is named for the detentions. The raids, not the soldiers, 'left' the town in lockdown ×1Agency Names Israel as the actor in the headline, in active voice ×1 from 4959 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent رئیس پارلمان عراق: ایران کشتی‌های عراقی را از ممنوعیت کشتیرانی در تنگه هرمز مستثنی نکرد/ حاکمیت و تمامیت ارضی عراق قابل معامله نیست Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Claims and verdicts

unverified Crude flows through the Strait of Hormuz have recovered.
Only Al Jazeera English makes this claim, and it adds that insurance costs and risk still stand in the way of normal traffic. The same day, the Iraqi parliament speaker told Shargh that Iran had not exempted Iraqi ships from its shipping ban.
Checked against 2 sources:
Al Jazeera English
Centre estimate · not a score
Al Jazeera English 🇶🇦QA · TV/radio · state-funded international ‘Economic war’: Is Iran losing its leverage over the Strait of Hormuz? Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al Jazeera English → What we have measured Accusation attributed Cuba's charge is attributed to its foreign minister, not stated as fact ×1Actor named The headline names Israel as the actor and gives a count of three that includes a child. ×1Agency No actor is named for the detentions. The raids, not the soldiers, 'left' the town in lockdown ×1Agency Names Israel as the actor in the headline, in active voice ×1 from 4959 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent رئیس پارلمان عراق: ایران کشتی‌های عراقی را از ممنوعیت کشتیرانی در تنگه هرمز مستثنی نکرد/ حاکمیت و تمامیت ارضی عراق قابل معامله نیست Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
unverified An oil tanker, a cargo ship and an LNG carrier were hit by unidentified projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday.
An-Nahar and LBCI both carry this from the same late report received by the UK Maritime Trade Operations centre, so it is one account. That centre named no attacker and gave no details of the attacks.
Checked against 2 sources:
An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent إيران: ما زلنا في حالة حرب... ومواجهات متواصلة في هرمز Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent هيئة بحرية بريطانية: إصابة ثلاث سفن بمقذوفات "غير محددة" في مضيق هرمز الثلاثاء Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
unverified Iranian forces clash in the strait every 24 hours and target small vessels, and Washington does not respond.
This is the Revolutionary Guard's own statement, carried only by An-Nahar. No report we hold confirms or contradicts it.
Checked against 1 source:
An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent إيران: ما زلنا في حالة حرب... ومواجهات متواصلة في هرمز Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Who wrote it

U Usaid Siddiqui Al Jazeera English
What the bias passes found in their reporting
No actor named the ship attacks have no attacker named×1
No actor named The attacks are 'escalating', but no attacker is named.×1
Stated flat says oil flows have recovered, with no source named×1
What others omit leads with the recovery in crude flows and does not mention the strikes×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 disputed1 unverified1 true
From 25 reports we hold under this byline, at Al Jazeera English. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
The bylines on the reports this story is built from. Hover one for what our passes have measured on their reporting. · 3 reports we hold carry no byline — we do not invent one.

Coverage, outlet by outlet

Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent رئیس پارلمان عراق: ایران کشتی‌های عراقی را از ممنوعیت کشتیرانی در تنگه هرمز مستثنی نکرد/ حاکمیت و تمامیت ارضی عراق قابل معامله نیست Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Iraq's parliament speaker says Iran did not exempt Iraqi ships from its ban, and that Baghdad will not let Iraqi soil be used against any country.
جهان ۸ مهر ۱۴۰۵ ۱۷:۲۴ رئیس پارلمان عراق: ایران کشتی‌های عراقی را از ممنوعیت کشتیرانی در تنگه هرمز مستثنی نکرد/ حاکمیت و تمامیت ارضی عراق قابل معامله نیست رئیس پارلمان عراق ضمن تأکید بر اینکه حاکمیت کشور و تمامیت ارضی جای مصالحه و چانه‌زنی ندارد، گفت بغداد اجازه نخواهد داد از داخل خاک عراق علیه هیچ کشوری استفاده شود. به گزارش گروه رسانه‌ای شرق، پس از پایان مأموریت ائتلاف بین‌المللی در عراق و خروج نیروهای آمریکایی از آخرین پایگاه‌های خود، هیبت الحلبوسی، رئیس پارلمان عراق، به مناسبت روز ملی حاکمیت این کشور، صمیمانه‌ترین تبریک‌های خود را به مردم عراق ارائه کرد. بر اساس گزارش شبکه خبری الجزیره، الح
Whose voice: Iraq's parliament speaker says Iraqi ships were not exempted — “ایران کشتی‌های عراقی را از ممنوعیت کشتیرانی در تنگه هرمز مستثنی نکرد”
Who is named as acting: Iraq's parliament speaker names Iran as refusing to exempt Iraqi ships from its ban — “ایران کشتی‌های عراقی را از ممنوعیت کشتیرانی در تنگه هرمز مستثنی نکرد”
Read it at Shargh → https://www.sharghdaily.com/fa/tiny/news-1131624
An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent إيران: ما زلنا في حالة حرب... ومواجهات متواصلة في هرمز Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The only report that carries the Revolutionary Guard's claim of daily clashes, and the only one to say the monitor gave no details and named no attacker.
تتواصل التوترات في مضيق هرمز، بالتزامن مع تبادل رسائل بين طهران وواشنطن بشأن مقترح لإعادة فتح الممر الملاحي وإنهاء الحرب، فيما أفادت هيئة عمليات التجارة البحرية البريطانية بتعرض ثلاث سفن لمقذوفات غير محددة.الحرس الثوري: ما زلنا في حالة حربوقال الحرس الثوري الإيراني إنّ لا خلاف بين الجهاز الديبلوماسي والقوات المسلحة في البلاد، مؤكداً وجود تنسيق بين الجانبين.وأضاف أنّ إيران لا تزال في حالة حرب، وأنه في هذه الظروف أي شيء محتمل، مشيراً إلى أن مضيق هرمز يشهد مواجهات كل 24 ساعة، وأن القوات الإيرانية تستهدف سفناً صغيرة تنوي العبور، بينما واشنطن لا ترد.إصابة ثلاث سفن في مضيق هرمزأفادت هيئة عمليات التج
No actor named: the ships were hit; no one is named as firing — “ثلاث سفن أُصيبت بمقذوفات غير محددة أثناء عبورها مضيق هرمز الثلاثاء”
Names the gap: says the maritime monitor named no attacker — “من دون تقديم تفاصيل إضافية عن طبيعة الهجمات أو الجهة المسؤولة عنها”
Attribution: the Revolutionary Guard's claim of daily clashes is attributed and not checked — “مشيراً إلى أن مضيق هرمز يشهد مواجهات كل 24 ساعة، وأن القوات الإيرانية تستهدف سفناً صغيرة تنوي العبور، بينما واشنطن لا ترد”
One party's claim carried unchecked: the Revolutionary Guard's claim of clashes every day is carried without comment — “مضيق هرمز يشهد مواجهات كل 24 ساعة”
Who is named as acting: the Guard names its own forces as firing and Washington as not responding — “القوات الإيرانية تستهدف سفناً صغيرة تنوي العبور، بينما واشنطن لا ترد”
No attacker named: the maritime monitor gives no attacker, and the report says so — “من دون تقديم تفاصيل إضافية عن طبيعة الهجمات أو الجهة المسؤولة عنها”
Read it at An-Nahar → https://www.annahar.com/international/iran/352914/إيران-ما-زلنا-في-حالة…
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent هيئة بحرية بريطانية: إصابة ثلاث سفن بمقذوفات "غير محددة" في مضيق هرمز الثلاثاء Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Carries the same UK monitor notice, with "unspecified" in quotation marks in its headline. We hold only its opening line.
أصيبت ثلاث سفن بمقذوفات "غير محددة" أثناء عبورها مضيق هرمز الثلاثاء، وفق ما أفادت هيئة...
No actor named: the ships are hit, but nobody is named as firing — “أصيبت ثلاث سفن بمقذوفات”
Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/world/960515/title/ar?src=rss&utm_source=T…
Al Jazeera English
Centre estimate · not a score
Al Jazeera English 🇶🇦QA · TV/radio · state-funded international ‘Economic war’: Is Iran losing its leverage over the Strait of Hormuz? Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al Jazeera English → What we have measured Accusation attributed Cuba's charge is attributed to its foreign minister, not stated as fact ×1Actor named The headline names Israel as the actor and gives a count of three that includes a child. ×1Agency No actor is named for the detentions. The raids, not the soldiers, 'left' the town in lockdown ×1Agency Names Israel as the actor in the headline, in active voice ×1 from 4959 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — state-funded international
The only report on traffic rather than attacks: it says crude flows have recovered but insurance costs and risk hold back normal shipping.
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What others omit: leads with the recovery in crude flows and does not mention the strikes — “Crude flows through Hormuz have recovered, but tanker insurance costs and geopolitical risks remain barriers to a return to normality.”
Stated flat: says oil flows have recovered, with no source named — “Crude flows through Hormuz have recovered, but tanker insurance costs and geopolitical risks remain barriers”
Read it at Al Jazeera English → https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/30/economic-war-is-iran-losing-it…
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Haaretz
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Haaretz 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured A previous framing corrected the twelve-country statement described as ambiguously worded ×1Asserted flat The report states as fact that barring Arab parties is a standing ritual. ×1Asserted flat The report says ethnicity explains the different outcomes, in its own voice. ×1Asserted in the report's own voice Parties are characterised by what they are said to promise, unattributed, and the headline calls the result frightening. ×1 from 1936 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Palestine TV · Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Palestine TV · Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation 🇵🇸PS · TV/radio · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted versus attributed recognition itself stated as fact ×1Attribution 'historic' attributed to the Palestinian ambassador ×1Dead counted, not named two dead are counted as 'citizens' and none are named; the wounded are not counted ×1Dead named Gives the dead man's full name and age. ×1 from 766 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency)
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) 🇮🇷IR · state agency · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured A contested word in the headline "illegal" is a Chinese spokesperson's characterisation, carried unmarked in the headline ×1A contested word taken as the report's own "illegal" appears in the headline without quotation marks or attribution to the speaker ×1Acted upon, never acting police are named as acting; whoever hoarded a billion toman of staples is not named at all ×1Actor label The Houthi-run authority is called Yemen's transport ministry. ×1 from 15038 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Ynet
Centre estimate · not a score
Ynet 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured A claim in the headline that the other reports very close to deciding the regime appears in one report only ×1Active voice The killers are the subject of the verbs 'beat' and 'burned'. ×1Active voice The killers are named as acting ×1Army's term, attributed the army names the target of its strikes, and no one on the other side is quoted ×1 from 2684 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → North Press Agency
Centre estimate · not a score
North Press Agency 🇸🇾SY · wire · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Attribution the damage list is carried in full, attributed to the side claiming it ×1Single official source Uses the Saudi Press Agency's account: 'bilateral relations', with no mention of reconstruction or money. ×1What is at stake presents the stakes as trade and energy security; no ship, crew or price is counted ×1Which line is led with led by the legal instrument, naming the Security Council resolution by number ×1 from 1169 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al-Monitor
Centre estimate · not a score
Al-Monitor 🇺🇸US/ME · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor from anonymous officials Puts the IRGC at the trigger in a sentence sourc ×1Actor named Names the Director-General as the one who requested the dismissal ×1Actor named names Trump as the one who began the war, with Israel ×1Actor named names Israel as the actor in its military actions against the Palestinians ×1 from 1566 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Tehran Times
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Tehran Times 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted vs attributed headline states the seizure flat; the body attributes it to the claimant ×1Attribution the toll is attributed to a body that is described but not named ×1Headline against body headline states the seizure flat; the body attributes it to the IRGC ×1How the objectors are framed opposition is described as protesters speaking for civilians ×1 from 1753 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → SANA (Syrian Arab News Agency)
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
SANA (Syrian Arab News Agency) 🇸🇾SY · state agency · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times →
Silence is recorded, not inferred — each of these was read when we built this story and carried nothing on this event.
We could not read these
K Kan · Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation
Centre estimate · not a score
Kan · Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation 🇮🇱IL · public broadcaster · public-service No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Times of Israel
Centre estimate · not a score
The Times of Israel 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actorless in own voice The killing is passive with no shooter in the se ×1Headline carries the purpose The livestock and the army's reason are in the h ×1Headline frame The headline carries the military's word for the ×1Military words carried whole Both the label for the dead and the phrase for t ×1 from 149 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Al-Sabaah
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Al-Sabaah 🇮🇶IQ · newspaper · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Ma'an News Agency
Centre estimate · not a score
Ma'an News Agency 🇵🇸PS · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al Rai
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Al Rai 🇯🇴JO · newspaper · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al-Mada
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Al-Mada 🇮🇶IQ · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → WAFA · Palestinian News & Information Agency
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
WAFA · Palestinian News & Information Agency 🇵🇸PS · state agency · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al-Manar
State-owned, sometimes critical estimate · not a score
Al-Manar 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Galei Tzahal (Army Radio)
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Galei Tzahal (Army Radio) 🇮🇱IL · TV/radio · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Middle East Eye
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Middle East Eye 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured How hard the claim is stated Its own body says the investigators did not attribute the network to the Emirati state — the qualification its headline drops. ×1How hard the claim is stated The body withdraws in one line the attribution its own headline makes ×1How deeply it is sourced Cites its own past reporting as the evidence for the claim in its own headline, and calls the evidence widespread in its own voice ×1How deeply it is sourced Offers its own past reporting as the evidence supporting the claim in its headline, inside the same sentence that carries the denial. ×1 from 125 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Ammon News
Centre estimate · not a score
Ammon News 🇯🇴JO · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times →
These are must-cite outlets for this desk that we did not manage to read when we built this story. That is a gap in our reach, not a silence on their part, and it is not evidence of anything about this story.

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